MPOS Press Release 02-0920. For immediate distribution to the Philatelic press and Internet.

TRANSIT POSTMARK COLLECTOR SEP/OCT 2002

TRANSIT POSTMARK COLLECTOR Volume 53, No. 6

Transit Postmark Collector
Vol. 53, No. 6 (September-October 2002)
... is in the mail!
In his H.P.O. column, Will Keller continues illustrating the
cachets used on first trip covers of HPOs. this time, his subject
is HPO #1, Washington DC & Harrisonburg VA.
Keller also presents an analysis of a special delivery cover sent
from a small Pennsylvania town to a station of the New York City
post office, intended for a passenger on a departing steam ship.
In the R.F.D. column, Guy Purington discusses four very special RFD
covers he acquired over the summer.
In his street car RPO column, David Gentry shows two street car covers
to very scarce foreign destinations.
There is news of the society's elections and more!

Mobile Post Office Society, founded in 1950, is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the study of enroute distribution of mail, emphasizing postal
history of the USA but including information and study of operations from
all countries of the world. Interested collectors can receive a sample
copy of "Transit Postmark Collector" for $2.00 postpaid, or a membership
application by writing to Doug Clark, PO Box 427, Marstons Mills MA 02648
or by email to Doug.

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